Speaker 'popping'

I've recently bought a set of Logitech Z-4s for my iMac, however whenever I turn my Mac on the speakers continually emit a popping sound. This is definitely the Mac, as I have used multiple speakers with it before, and had the same problem.
Upon further research, it seems to be a similar problem to that occurring in Mac Books of the same era. I downloaded and installed antipop, something that claims to be able to fix the problem, but it isn't entirely successful. It works by launching as a LaunchAgent, then using the 'Say' command with a space every ten seconds, but this only works when the computer is active. When booting, the popping can occur for up to 30 seconds before being stopped, by what I believe to be Antipop. The problem is the same when waking from sleep, but not as bad as it's already running.
So, does anyone know how to stop it all together?
Thanks in advance for any help

It's unfortunate that you can pay almost 3k for an iMac and you end up with a constant popping noise coming out of the jack you plug the speakers into.
If you want to fix this problem forever pickup an iMic ($30). My 24" Intel iMac has the same popping problem. An iMic fixes it. It's USB and works with Snow Leopard, no additional drivers required.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic
Good Luck!
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